[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 154 (Thursday, August 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40823-40824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19813]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, Scientific and 
Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-651; 80 Stat. 
897; 15 CFR part 301), we invite comments on the question of whether 
instruments of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which 
the instruments shown below are intended to be used, are being 
manufactured in the United States.
    Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the 
regulations and be filed within 20 days with the Statutory Import 
Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230. 
Applications may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 
4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 
N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 94-154R. Applicant: University of Hawaii, School of 
Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, Department of Geology & 
Geophysics, 2525 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822. Instrument: ICP Mass 
Spectrometer, Model PlasmaQuad. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, 
United Kingdom. Intended Use: Original notice of this resubmitted 
application was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER of January 26, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-060. Applicant: University of California, Santa 
Cruz, Earth Sciences Department, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 
95064. Instrument: 5 ea. Seismograph, Model STS-2. Manufacturer: G. 
Streckeisen, Switzerland. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to 
record earthquakes all over the world for study to improve the 
understanding of the source process of earthquakes. In addition, the 
instrument will be used to study the nature of the deep extension of 
the San Andreas Fault in California. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: July 14, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-061. Applicant: University of Southern 
California, 1540 Alcazar, Bldg. CHP 155, Los Angeles, CA 90033. 
Instrument: 3-Dimensional Motion Analyser, Model Vicon System 370. 
Manufacturer: Oxford Metrics, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used for the study of the walking patterns of human 
subjects in order to understand the biomechanics of the human gait, 
particularly as this applies to the treatment of rehabilitation 
patients. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 18, 
1995.
    Docket Number: 95-062. Applicant: Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 
Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model H-7100. Manufacturer: Nissei Sangyo, Japan. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used in research projects aimed at an understanding 
of fundamental cell, developmental, neurobiological, and physiological 
processes. Specific projects will include: (1) correlated electron 
microscopic and light optical studies; (2) high resolution 
immunolocalization studies; (3) ultrastructural analysis of mutant 
visual systems in Drosophila, and of tissues in transgenic mice; (4) 
determination of the subcellular distribution of mRNAs by electron 
microscopic in situ hybridization; and (5) structural studies of the 
motor protein kinesin, including conformational changes in the protein 
under varying ionic conditions and kinesin-microtubule interactions. In 
addition, the instrument will be used in the course Techniques in 
Electron Microscopy to teach basic methods in transmission electron 
microscopy to graduate students and advanced undergraduate students. 
Application 

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Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 18, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-063. Applicant: Oklahoma State University, 
Purchasing Department, 208G Whitehurst, Stillwater, OK 74078. 
Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model VG Isochrom-EA. Manufacturer: 
Fisons Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will 
be used to analyze for the presence of the stable isotope 15N, 
which is used as a tracer for fertilizer N in crop production systems. 
Investigations will be conducted to establish critical levels 
associated with plant gaseous N loss in various winter wheat production 
systems and to determine which system offers the greatest opportunity 
for increasing fertilizer N use efficiency while decreasing potential 
nitrate N leaching losses. In addition, the instrument will be used for 
educational purposes in the course Soil-plant Relationships, Agronomy 
5813. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 18, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-064. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, Purchasing Division, 506 South Wright Street, Urbana, IL 
61801. Instrument: Force and Moment Wind Tunnel Balance. Manufacturer: 
Aertect A.T.E. Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will 
be used to measure the lift, drag, and pitching moment on an airfoil 
model mounted vertically between the wind tunnel floor and ceiling 
during experiments related to the performance determination for a two 
dimensional airfoil. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
July 21, 1995.


Frank W. Creel
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 95-19813 Filed 8-9-95; 8:45 am]
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